On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 08:18, Martin Schaffner wrote:> Hi,> > I try to boot linux-2.6.4 from OpenFirmware on my Apple iBook2 (dual > USB). I'm using the image named "vmlinux.elf-pmac". While linux-2.4.25 > boots fine, linux-2.6.4 doesn't without the following modifications:> > http://membres.lycos.fr/schaffner/howto/linux26-boot-of.txt> > (I found this procedure by trial and error, by mixing stuff from 2.4 > into the build of 2.6.)> > If I try to boot the stock kernel, OpenFirmware tells me "Claim > failed", and returns to the command prompt.> > Does anybody have an idea what is the cause of this?

That's strange, I do such netbooting everyday on a wide range ofmachines without trouble. Are you using some kind of cross compiler ?Maybe there are some issues with cross compiling of the boot wrapper...